Clearance Coordinator (Contract to Hire)

Title: Clearance Coordinator (Contract to Hire)

Contract to Hire: 1 Year (W2 – Must be authorized to work in the U.S., no sponsorships or C2C)

Location: Columbus, OH (Fully Onsite)

Rate: $28 – $30/hr

Schedule Options:

• Tue – Sat, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• Mon – Fri, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM

• Mon – Fri, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• Mon – Fri, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Job Summary

The Clearance Coordinator plays a critical role within the Clearance Coordination Center (CC) in Gas Control, overseeing authorization of gas-related work across transmission and distribution operations. This position is responsible for ensuring operational safety, system reliability, and compliance by evaluating clearance requests, avoiding simultaneous work conflicts, and supporting both normal and emergency conditions.

The role requires strong analytical, communication, and coordination skills to manage clearance requests, support audits, and interact with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Primary Duties:

• Execute clearance requests by reviewing work documentation, validating readiness, and authorizing safe start of field maintenance, repair, and construction activities.

• Analyze and record clearance work via management tools such as j5, Power BI, Tableau, Excel , or similar.

• Support audit requests , review simultaneous work avoidance (SWA) scenarios, and mitigate risks by stopping unsafe or unprepared work.

• Collaborate with Clearance Engineers, Planning, Gas Control, Field Engineering, and Operations to coordinate system changes.

• Review, approve, and track system events while maintaining situational awareness across operations.

• Prepare documentation and analysis for audits, risk mitigation, and operational reporting.

• Provide exceptional customer service to internal operations, suppliers, and contractors.

Safety & Compliance:

• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture by following established policies and reporting unsafe conditions.

• Ensure all clearance-related activities adhere to operational notices, safety standards, and environmental/regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 0–2 years of relevant experience.

• Ability to read, write, and interpret technical plans, processes, and procedures.

• Strong organizational, planning, and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively under emergency and contingency conditions.

• Self-motivated and able to complete self-directed study and training as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in the gas utility industry or natural gas operations .

• Experience working with tools such as Excel, Access, SCADA, Synergi, j5, Tableau, or Power BI .

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field .

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate technical and operational data.